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Welcome to Harris ...

Harris is located in Okaloosa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Harris, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Harris is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Harris lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Harris: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Harris ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 49 communities that are also named Harris - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado (2), Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (2), Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Harris.

Communities near Harris ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Harris.

  • Fort Walton Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Niceville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Destin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Destin is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,284 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Destin <4>
  • Valparaiso
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mary Esther
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Shalimar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cinco Bayou
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cinco Bayou is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco Bayou
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
  • Wright
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wright is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
  • Ocean City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ocean City is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean City
  • Lake Lorraine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lake Lorraine is located in Okaloosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lorraine

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Harris. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Harris.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Harris. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harris.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Harris. See our Newspapers Page for Harris.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Harris ...

Looking for more information about Harris? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Harris, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Harris.

Adding Harris to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Harris in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Harris was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Harris post office opened in 1902. The Harris post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Harris.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Okaloosa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Harris - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Harris area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Harris area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/